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Using StartAllBack? No Windows updates for you, says Microsoft (www.xda-developers.com)

submitted 7 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago (1 children)

At this point I've just abandoned the start menu all together. PowerToys Run has effectively become how I launch anything that isn't on the taskbar, tied to one of the buttons on my mouse or a keyboard shortcut. Everything search on a different shortcut replaces the built-in search.

Of course that's just how I cope on my mandatory-Windows 11 work laptop. At home (and I know this is almost a meme at this point), I'm slowly getting myself accustomed to Linux alongside Windows 10 until that's no longer feasible.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Am I the only one that still using the file explorer to navigate to the folders I want?I've never used the start menu..only computer then Explorer

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Am I misunderstanding something or are you saying you dig into the program files every time you launch a program? I thought the OP was talking about programs not files and folder.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't install to program files typically, but yes. I navigate the tree and launch either my bat files or exe files directly. A program is just launched by a 'file' or executable in this case.

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That sounds needlessly complex when you can create shortcuts, either on the start menu or desktop. Or another central location.

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 0 points 7 months ago

TIL file trees are complex...

[–] EarMaster@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity: How do you start programs? If a program is clearly associated with a file by opening the file from explorer I assume, but there are programs which are not file based (web browser, games, ...). Do you maintain a folder with shortcuts or do you navigate the start menu folder using the explorer?

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

I launch the programs executable. That's it.

[–] restingboredface@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

I do this. All programs I access regularly are shortcuts on the desktop. Everything else I can get to with folders or launchers like steam.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

I've been a Linux Mint guy for the last ten years.

By default, the Menu is able to explore the file system. I turn that off. I want that for launching applications. I use Nemo, the file manager, for browsing and opening files.